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After several minutes of trying to calm him down and explaining the situation to him Brook the skeleton finally manages to relax with the cup of poppy tea that he got from Gu.
"SSSSSSSIP! Ah. That is very nice tea good sir! Thank you very much!"
"Hmmm. So he can digest food. Noted. Also stop slurping! It's disgusting!"
"But I see. So you are a doctor then! That makes sense. I imagine the concept of life after death fascinates you quite a bit doesn't it?"
"Y-Yes. I had minimal interaction with life essence before. That's how Shelley here was made! But I don't think my fruits main purpose is handling the soul so it's not ideal. It'd further my research quite a bit if I could study someone like you whose primary power relates to the soul."
"Alas my answer is still no. You see my soul is bound to my bones as yours is bound to flesh. It can't be removed just like that!"
"Now hold on a minute! You literally ejected your soul from your body in Fish-man Island!"
"WHY DID YOU TELL HER THAT USOPP?!"
Brook starts shaking the long nose man.
"S-So... you can remove your own soul?"
"Yes. I am ashamed to admit that I can. The true reason why I must refuse is... I'M AFRAID OF NEEDLES!"
Lyda puffs her cheeks and turns away from him.
"Fine. Be a big baby about it! In that case I won't offer to graft a new body onto your bones for free!"
"W-Wait. You can do that?"
"The doctor has an entire building for implanting, transplanting and removing organs. She even managed to assemble an entire person from spare parts. Remember?"
Gu mocks the skeleton.
"Anyway doctor. If you won't have him does that mean I can make soup out of him? I want to know if I can extract his soul that way."
"WAITWAITWAIT!"
Brook protests.
"Lady. I got the message. But I sadly must decline. Have we met a bit before I may have taken you up on that offer. Returning to the living as a flesh and blood human sounds mighty tempting. Unfortunately I quite grew to like my current situation. Not to mention how I'm much more useful to my captain this way. And he likes my aesthetics too, even though I'm only bones yohohohoho!"
Stitches nods.
"I understand. Don't worry. I'm a doctor after all. I may not have sworn an oath but I wouldn't hurt a patient. I'll respect your decision and simply continue to seek the secrets of life on my own."
Feeling happy with how that went you finally clap your hands together.
"ALRIGHT! I think that's enough. Everyone, finish your food now!"
With a snap of your fingers you call the waiters to clean the table up for you.
"There is plenty to do and crime won't commit itself! The Goof Troop may uses Outer Heaven like anyone else. But if you want something you're gonna have to pay for it like everyone else too! Got that? And once we're outside there will be no rules. You got that?"
"Shishishi!"
